Not just PCs: Roku hikes prices up to 60% as RAM crunch drags on
A Roku executive said that the jump in prices on cheap streaming gadgets is directly caused by component shortages from "AI" demand. Credit: Jared Newman / Foundry The RAM in my desktop PC, which I bought in 2024 for about $200, is now worth almost a thousand bucks. The production shortage driven by “AI” data centers has affected memory, storage, and finished devices like laptops, desktops, phones, and tablets—with no end in sight until at least 2027.
- ▪A Roku executive said that the jump in prices on cheap streaming gadgets is directly caused by component shortages from "AI" demand.
- ▪Credit: Jared Newman / Foundry The RAM in my desktop PC, which I bought in 2024 for about $200, is now worth almost a thousand bucks.
- ▪The production shortage driven by “AI” data centers has affected memory, storage, and finished devices like laptops, desktops, phones, and tablets—with no end in sight until at least 2027.
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| Publication time | Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:26:14 +0000 |
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A Roku executive said that the jump in prices on cheap streaming gadgets is directly caused by component shortages from "AI" demand. Credit: Jared Newman / Foundry The RAM in my desktop PC, which I bought in 2024 for about $200, is now worth almost a thousand bucks. The production shortage driven by “AI” data centers has affected memory, storage, and finished devices like laptops, desktops, phones, and tablets—with no end in sight until at least 2027. Pretty much anything with memory chips inside it is getting squeezed, and the humble Roku streaming gadgets are no exception. Prices for all Roku streaming devices have been bumped up, from the ultra-basic Roku Streaming Stick all the way to the Roku Ultra and Roku Streambar SE.
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